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I've seen a couple hexes on an internal connection snap off, and a handful of screws snap over the last 30+ years in the biz. Always due to occlusion, even instructed the hygienists/Docs to check implant crown occlusion when the patients come in for their recall/routine cleanings. What happens...

Does any company offer these?...and if they do, a lot of moulds, big price? Have a Doc/Patient interested is why i'm asking. -I see Uhler has some, anyone else?

Had a heated conversation with a Zimmer rep. today. I guess they changed the way Encode gets done 'again'. If anyone doesn't know, Encode is a just a fancy healing cap. It has special grooves on it so Zimmer knows how the actual implant is orientated correctly. Back in the day you would...

I'm curious anyone else have issues with Dess's implant libraries not coded correctly? I did... Even sent it to my reseller to confirm, it was fkd.

I see Nobel came out with the conical connection for the old replace. The replace use to be a tri-lobed connection and the Nobel active is a conical connection. Now Nobel did away with the tri-lobed replace and made a replace conical connection. My question is can you use a Nobel active...

I'm looking into this system currently and hoping someone on here has looked into it or is using it that can share their experience (pros/cons). It's a milled denture with the teeth incorporated in it using Sterngolds software. The sterngold software is $1,800 and the pucks are $173...

I'm curious, anyone worked with these implants before? Any idea who does custom titanium abutments for them? Do they have a DIM?

I've stated in the past that a lot of Doctors are not taking traditional impressions for Dentures and if you're a Removable lab you should look into getting some digital workflows going. At the very least, get on the various digital platforms to accept scans. This is a simple method of a...

Does anyone have or know of any companies that can upgrade or sell Sum3d (other than Uncle Hank)? Have you used this company, thoughts?

I personally struggle with this and am seeing other techs doing the same thing. Especially when I heard from one of the leading Presidents of a association who said over a thousand labs will close because of this. Then nobody knows how bad this is going to be, and how long it's going to last...

With nearly 60% of all U.S. lab work being shipped offshore to mostly China, with customs shut down, have you seen an increase in work? A friend of mine last week stated he picked up over 50 new accounts because of it, have you?

I'm curious if anyone out there is using Multi? I've been to a few study club meetings lately and almost every speaker doesn't have anything nice to say about zirconium at all. The thought is the younger generation is going to have to cut these off and if the crown can't break, then...

I wanted to start this thread because to be honest, I googled it and much didn't come up with specifics. So please, add to it, especially if I detailed something wrong or as new pathways change. Trios (Trios inbox to Exocad). - So we wanted to accept Trios scans but we have Exocad...

I wanted to do a surgical guide completely digital, from start to finish. I must premise this by I have never used any of this software. Step 1. Doctor wants a surgical guide made, sent me an impression...poured impression Step 2. Scanned the models using the Medit i500 Step 3. Took that...

I had to replace the muffles on both of my pressing Ivoclar ovens today. I pulled out the muffles and found the dates (they write the dates on the muffles)...the first one had a date of September 26, 2006 and the other one had a date of April 15, 2004. I guess I got my use out of those, tip...

Since the computer thread was very informative and such a hit I thought I would throw this out there. Our production area is pretty much a open concept design. The issue we are seeing is the amount of dust we see every week. With the technical sensitive equipment we are using these days...

It's time again we need to update all of our computers, been about six + years. We have about seven desktops in the lab running. From running the milling machine, scanners, printer, to the case entry and shipping. The last couple times I just built the computers for the lab, I know...how...

"The step came in retaliation to the 25 percent tariff on over 1,300 Chinese products introduced by the Trump administration earlier this week. The US list covers machinery, electronics, uranium, flamethrowers and even dental devices." I know, it's not technically a trade war (yet),but it's...

So, my sintering oven went down today. Been going for almost two years pretty steady without any issues. The door goes up 'almost' all the way like it normally does, but instead of heating up and then the door completely closing all the way. The dam thing doesn't heat up at all. CAP said...

Recently had a conversation with a Henry Schein rep that Trios is going open .stl for their chairside scanners (IOS) come Q4 (fourth quarter). Not sure what that means, I always thought it was a .stl, and not sure what they are really changing, maybe you don't have to 3Shape communicate to send...